Hero! 10-Year-Old Girl Dies Saving The Lives Of Two Toddlers By Pushing Them Out Of The Path Of A Runaway SUV

A 10-year-old girl was killed in California on Monday as she pushed two toddlers out of the path of a runaway SUV while the three were playing together on a driveway.

Kiera Larsen has been hailed a hero and a 'guardian angel' for her fast-thinking in moving her neighbors, sisters one-year-old Adison and two-year-old Emma Jenkins, out of the way of the car in Lakeside, in San Diego county.

Investigators are trying to determine why the 1999 Mercedes SUV began rolling in reverse down the dirt driveway where the three girls were playing shortly after 5 p.m., however local news reports indicate the vehicle may have been set in motion by another child.

'She is truly a hero. She will forever be my kids' guardian angel,' the mother of the two girls', Alissa Jenkins, told Fox 5. 'She saved both my daughters' lives.'

'These are my two kids that I have and both of them could've been gone in an instant and she stepped in and took over and did what she knows best to do and that's to protect those around her.'

Kiera suffered major injuries when she was struck by the vehicle. She was pronounced dead in hospital.

The rescued girls...